Natalia Shawshukova – about why Putin would go to Istanbul

"Trumps can't come to Russia, Putin can't come to the United States, and the only reason to meet them is Ukraine," she thinks. "I don't see Putin's motivation. He's not interested in Green, not peace, not negotiation, he's interested in talking to Trump."

In both Kiev and Moscow, the media consider the arrival of the Russian president in Turkey to be paramount, Thursday, 15 May, but no one seems to believe, at this stage, in a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky. The ball of false-semblances continues, stings the press.